they will try and do it through the election campaign. what president morsi and his supporters are saying is this constitution isn't necessarily set in stone. they have suggested there may be the possibility of amendment. depending on who you speak to will depend on who believes that. what they are saying, the muslim brotherhood and president morsi, is that these are the first steps in egypt's new democracy and that it is a messy process. what you have at the moment is that process of democracy carrying on and that it will bring egypt some stability so the country can try and get on its feet again and deal with that problematic economy. >> another country very much part of the arab up rising is syria. there, sources say the commander of the military police has become the latest figure to defect. he would be the highest ranking military police officer to defect since the beginning of the conflict, but so far, no independent confirmation of that. queen elizabeth has given her annual christmas broadcast and reflected on a year of major event